The ‘terrifying’ crackdown on mining companies in Africa’s coup belt
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Military regimes in the Sahel have turned to tactics including arrests to assert control over critical mineral supplies

I’m not informed enough about any of these countries to have a stance on them (other than good on them for kicking out imperialists) but this all reads like, erm-this-you .

  • vovchik_ilich [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    “It’s terrifying dealing with the regime [in Mali],” said one person involved in the negotiations, who asked for anonymity

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